Octopus Electroverse Referral

Yes. Ordering the RFID “Electrocard” is completely free, and there are no monthly subscription fees or postage costs. You simply pay for the electricity you use when you charge your car.

No. Anyone can download the app and order a card, regardless of who supplies their home energy. However, if you are an Octopus home energy customer, you get extra perks like linking your public charging costs to your home bill.

To trigger the bonus, you must sign up via a referral link and then complete your first successful charge using the Electroverse app or card. The £5 credit is typically added to your account balance within 24 hours of that first charge.

Plunge Pricing is a special event that happens when wholesale electricity prices drop below zero (usually on very windy/sunny days). During these times, Electroverse actually pays you to charge your car at participating chargers. You will see these events highlighted in the app.

Yes. The Electroverse card works at hundreds of thousands of chargers across the UK and Europe (including France, Germany, and Spain), so you don’t need to download multiple foreign apps for a road trip.

Yes. If you are an Octopus Energy customer on the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff, you get an automatic 8% discount on the standard rate at thousands of participating public chargers. Standard Octopus Go customers get a 5% discount.

You can use your credit at any of the 600,000+ chargers on the Electroverse network. This includes major networks like Ionity, Osprey, Fastned, and Ubitricity.

You can link a credit or debit card to the app. If you are an Octopus Energy home customer, you can choose to have all your public charging costs added to your monthly home energy bill for a single, simple payment.

The most common reason is that you haven’t completed your first charge yet. The credit is a “first charge bonus,” meaning it only unlocks after you have successfully plugged in and paid for a session. It is not an instant sign-up bonus.

Using the app (or Electrocard) is often cheaper than using a contactless bank card directly at the charger. This is because Electroverse negotiates bulk rates and offers exclusive discounts (like the 5-8% off for Octopus customers) that you don’t get with a standard bank card tap.

Yes. Once you have signed up and charged your car, you will get your own unique referral link in the “Account” section of the app. If you share this with friends, you will both receive £5 credit when they start charging.